2009/2/23 Robert McWilliam <r...@allmail.net>: > On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 01:53:19PM +0000, Liam Proven wrote: >> The form-factor the ARM netbooks should be aiming for is that of the >> Psion 5 and 5mx, or a host of broadly-similar Windows-CE powered >> Handheld PCs, such as the HP Jornada 720, the LG Phenom, the NEC >> MobilePro and so on. Pocketable computer power. > > There are some linux devices along those lines. The one I'm currently > waiting for: > http://openpandora.org/
I've read of it. Tiny pocket Gameboy thing with an appalling-looking keyboard. Doesn't look interesting to me at all. > ATM I've got a Nokia N810 which isn't a clamshell but is aimed at the > same kind of use pattern (and you can get a clamshell case for them). I have looked at them - interesting gadget, but no PDA functionality and a bit small for the Web, I reckoned. But for me, the big selling point of the Psions was an excellent keyboard. Amongst other things, I write for a living, and I wrote many thousands of words on my Psions. They paid for themselves many times over. Even the Eee doesn't match up. A mini-notebook with a decent-res transreflective screen - even the old 7" Eee 800*480 would do, but 1024x480 would be fine; the OLPC's 1200x900 would be fantastic, or a scaled-down version thereof - and a good keyboard and I'd be delighted. But no keyboard, or a keypad one can't can't type properly on - no deal! -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/GoogleTalk/Orkut: lpro...@gmail.com Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 • Fax: + 44 870-9151419 AOL/AIM/iChat, Yahoo & Skype: liamproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • ICQ: 73187508 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
